Typically, I start with (and have gone through, myself)
Phone Interview. Screens out the real bad ones....usually.
On site Interview.
Then the decision is made.
For high-level jobs (Director or higher), or if a key person wasn't available, there might be a "final round".
A request for a 3rd interview would set off some warning bells.
Well, I believe it was supposed to be only 2. They were a total mess. I sent them a nasty email after, damn the consequences. The 2nd times I was supposed to go and get SQL tested (I have a degree in MIS, and really think that’s lame but a lot of places want testing now). When I went for the 2nd one they testing guy wasn’t in at all, so they had me talk to the CFO instead.
So I was totally thrown off. I was ready for a technical interview and had one with a guy that literally didn’t know what the reporting system I’d be working on is called.
Then they scheduled an interview to do the technical test online from home and they stood me up on that. Then I got the ‘we’re not going this direction and we’re not doing this job at all’.
After that I told them they are pathetic. The recruiter I was using left me a nasty voicemail. Was the worst interviewing experience of my life and I’m not a noob at them. And each time I went was a pretty far drive. Companies these days know they can do whatever they want and they care less than ever about treating people professionally so screw them.
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